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Cnn republican presidential town hall with former south carolina governor nikki haley. the evening kicks off at 8:00, only on cnn. now to the horrific train crash in india. nearly 300 people were killed and more than 1,000 others were injured when three trains collided. earlier today indias prime minister arrived at the scene, telling the nation he is feeling unbearable pain over the crash. officials now pointing to signal failure as the suspected cause. cnns ivan watson is in delhi with the l...

Like a questionable choice. article goes on to say sure the secretary has thoughts on building bridges but infrastructure occupies just a sliver of his voluminous mind. i dont know, maybe infrastructure should occupy more than just a sliver in light of our state of our roads, train disasters, all of that. >> joe: i love this quote here also remarkable brand of empathy. pete buttigieg brings a fresh perspective of. this puff fees all puff pieces to your point doesnt talk about the fact that we ha...

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Absolutely preventable. and we need to consider technologies like positive train control. >> what possibly other than human error could result in the train going 106 miles an hour into that curve as opposed to 50 miles per hour? >> well you know, it is really early in the investigation. its not just about ruling things in. but its also about ruling things out. they have got to test all of the systems the displays, things like the speedometer, to make sure everything is working as designed so tha...

Working, its going to tell us if there was a broken rail, obviously broken rail, you know, that will be difficult but it is possible, or if the tracks were fouled which means theres something laying across the tracks that doesnt belong there. so there are some clues that will come from the individual camera even though its nighttime. >> john, i know every incident is different and i cant begin to even put this on the scale of other train disasters, but do you have any idea how long it could take...

Of infrastructure issues. but another interesting point is why only forward-facing cameras? why not a camera facing into the cabin? the ntsb has discussed that as well. but engineer groups have opposed it. we need to know what happened in this event and we need all the tools in the tool chest. >> we dont know what happened inside the -- with the engineer in this particular case. but if there were a camera, the notion that perhaps falling asleep which has happened in other train disasters could b...

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